Joan Sims

Joan Sims, 67, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2002, at her home in Advance.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, at the Penzien Funeral Homes, Inc., in East Jordan. Pastor Alden Sims will officiate.

Joan was born on April 12, 1935, in Flint, the daughter of John and Florence (Nobel) Bennett. She grew up in McBain and graduated from McBain High School in 1953.

On Jan. 12, 1957, in Cadillac, she married Larry Sims. They raised their family on the Nobel family homestead farm in Advance, which was the only place she had ever wanted to live.

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She worked at the former Hoskins Manufacturing Company in Charlevoix for 33 years. She retired in 1997. She loved her family, her grandmother's farm and all animals, especially cats. She enjoyed raising cows and chickens. She also enjoyed reading and country western music.